The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Crouching soldier wearing plumed hat. In both technique and style, Gallipoli is similar to works created by Nolan in the late 1950s for the Leda and the swan series. In both series Nolan explores mythical subjects related to the Trojan War: Zeus, disguising himself as the swan, had raped Leda as she was bathing; from this union sprang Helen, whose abduction by the Trojan prince Paris sparked a Greek expedition to retrieve her.
The Leda imagery reappears here in the crouching figure. The paint is scraped back to reveal an Australian soldier, naked but for a slouch hat, yet poised to do battle.
A small soldier in hat standing amongst rocks with a body to the right. Above the figures is a flag of blue, red and orange. In an interview of 13.4.1978 the artist stated that this work was related t
The first panel of a diptych. A group of figures in the water, one wearing a plumed hat and corporals stripes (referring to links between Anzacs and Homeric wars). Sprawled across the vast panels of t
The second panel of a diptych. A group of figures in the water, one wearing a plumed hat and corporals stripes (referring to links between Anzacs and Homeric wars). Sprawled across the vast panels of
Gallipoli soldiers: one running, wearing plumed hat and carrying rifle; one dead, referring to links between Anzac's and Homeric soldiers. Nolan had initially been wanting to do a series of work on th
In an interview of 13.4.1978 the artist stated that this work was related to 'Leda and the Swan' series which he was painting in New York at the same time. Re date - this work similar in style to 1961
Naked Gallipoli soldier and horse. Nolan stated in an interview (13 April 1978) that this work is thematically related to his "Burke and Wills" series. The soldier looks as if overcome by exhaustion a
